Cherry Tomato Sauce

Yield: 1 cup
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Special Equipment: 9×9 baking dish

Ingredients

• 2 pint cherry tomatoes

• 1/4 cup olive oil

• 1 teaspoon sea salt

• 1/4 teaspoon cracked pepper

• 4 garlic cloves

• Fresh or dried basil, to taste

• water/pasta water for thinning

Directions

1. Wash the tomatoes and cut each one in half. Spread olive oil into a 9×9 glass pan. Add tomatoes and basil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Press garlic cloves over the tomatoes and stir.

2. Step 2

   Bake in a 425 degree oven for 30 minutes, stirring and smashing occasionally as the juices caramelize.

3. Step 3

   When the tomatoes are roasted and the garlicky/tomatoey olive oil smells delicious, remove from the oven.

4. Step 4

   This sauce is delicious over pasta, chicken parm, in a pasta salad, over grilled vegetables.